Episode 7: Man With a Plan

Set in 1960s New York, Mad Men follows the lives of enigmatic ad executive Don Draper, his fractured family, and the men and women of an ever-changing ad agency. Filled with lots of smoking,... More

Set in 1960s New York, Mad Men follows the lives of enigmatic ad executive Don Draper, his fractured family, and the men and women of an ever-changing ad agency. Filled with lots of smoking, drinking, and era-appropriate sexism, Mad Men is a view into the not-so-distant past.

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Hey guys, thanks to covering Upfronts last week, I didn’t even see the last Mad Men until this morning. Rather than skip the review completely, I figured I’d do a very quick one before tonight’s new e More »

Oh, Don. What the heck? After a shaky start, Mad Men really received rave reviews last week for an episode that felt like old times, even though I just can’t really trust Matthew Weiner at this point More »

Change has come to Mad Men, change that Don Draper implemented but in the cold light of day it might not be all that he thought it would be or wants. This begins one of the many power struggles of the More »

For the past two seasons, Mad Men 's Ted Chaough has been a thorn in Don Draper’s back — the arch rival who tried to poach clients and employees while also stooping to prank calls. Now that CGC and SC More »

“Man With a Plan” is an ironic title for an episode about characters running around like headless chickens. It also feels like an oblique acknowledgement of what the killing of Robert F. Kennedy meant More »

This week on Mad Men , the merger of SDCP and CGC puts everything, in Ted-approved pilot terms, right-side up and upside down. The turmoil isn't only relegated to the office, it also extends into th More »

"Man With a Plan" was a Mad Men microcosm of the nationwide turmoil of 1968, as the celebratory tone surrounding the merger of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler, Gleason, and Chaough very, very More »